Miguel Harth-Bedoya

It is not entirely a coincidence to be recording an album of Ginastera’s music with Miguel Harth-Bedoya, the Peruvian Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Like Ginastera, Miguel’s heart pounds for South American music and culture, and he is one of the conductors who has contributed most to spreading music from his own continent out into the world. Here we are talking about music from several centuries and from all countries from north to south along the Inca Road, Caminos Del Inka, which is also the name of an organisation begun by Harth-Bedoya. Caminos Del Inka works to hunt up music in dusty archives and bring it into concert halls, and also see that commissions for new music are given to young South American composers and performed the world over. The Norwegian Radio Orchestra has been an important part of this journey involving a number of album releases and concerts.
In addition, Harth-Bedoya has eagerly immersed himself in Norwegian music, from National Romanticism to premiere performances of Norway’s leading living composers.
Miguel Harth-Bedoya was born in Lima and studied at the Juillard School and Curtis Institute. An Emmy winner and a Grammy nominee, he regularly conducts the leading orchestras in the USA and is in frequent demand on all continents. He has been Music Director of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for almost 20 years and became Chief Conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra in 2013. The list of prominent soloists with whom he has worked is long, but two we can name are Yo Yo Ma (including the collaboration between Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project and Caminos Del Inka) and René Fleming. It was in a concert with her that the first sparks were lit between KORK and Miguel.